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intelligence was just getting started in libya. that's where they kept their files and i said the communications gear, which apparently no one can explain what's happened to it. this has never happened to an american embassy since tehran in 1979. it's really catastrophe, it really is. >> i just read another report by a journalist who was able to get into the annex and walk around relatively unfetterred. bob said this operation really hurts the u.s. in libya. do you agree with that? >> no question it really hurts us. look, we don't rely on any single installation or capability in the u.s. intelligence community, so what you have to do now is rely more on all the other capabilities so you'll have signals intelligence, you'll rely on the local force but let's remember, the local force was decimated after the fall of the gadhafi government and so they're just rebuilding. you're not the only intelligence service in libya so you're going to have allies who have intelligence networks there, you're going to have to rely on them. so all of
intelligence was just getting started in libya. that's where they kept their files and i said the communications gear, which apparently no one can explain what's happened to it. this has never happened to an american embassy since tehran in 1979. it's really catastrophe, it really is. >> i just read another report by a journalist who was able to get into the annex and walk around relatively unfetterred. bob said this operation really hurts the u.s. in libya. do you agree with that?...
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our ambassador to libya was assassinated in a terrorist attack. an is moving toward nuclear weapons capability. we feele are at ecy ev, ern shing ents i'm often asked why. what can we do about it to lead th middle east to stability and ease the suffering and the anger and the hate there and the violence? is certainly part of the problem but that is not the whole story. the population of the middle east is very young in comparison with t population of the developed nations. and typically, these young people, as the president indicated aoment ago, don ha a l ooss. th levels of youth unemployment across the region are excessive and chronic. nations sha have undergone a change in leadership recently, young people have greater access to information theast,hat s g furd tyrants and dictators but now it's available. they see the good, as well as the bad in surrounding societies. they can now organize across vast regnsobilizing leild by porty, and crushed by government corruption, their frustration and their anger grows. in such a setting for america to ac
our ambassador to libya was assassinated in a terrorist attack. an is moving toward nuclear weapons capability. we feele are at ecy ev, ern shing ents i'm often asked why. what can we do about it to lead th middle east to stability and ease the suffering and the anger and the hate there and the violence? is certainly part of the problem but that is not the whole story. the population of the middle east is very young in comparison with t population of the developed nations. and typically, these...
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i have two questions, one regarding libya. one is regarding libya. the al qaeda attacks on the guy that made the film in california? regarding the foreign policy issue, do you think that president obama has more of a high-tech idea of our military in the future rather than the boots on the ground type of military we have seen in the past where we put our boys in harm's way? guest: those are good questions. it is unclear what happens in libya. we know there was a demonstration at the consulate in benghazi. ambassador stevens was there for the day. there may have been an organized terrorist attack. the state department is investigating on this. i like to say i was a member of the american foreign service for many years. this was a terribly tragic day for the american foreign service. we lost four outstanding foreign servants. the state department has not lost some into a terrorist attacks since 1979. this is a dangerous business in the most dangerous parts of the world. boy, our men and women deserve our support and our thanks serving our country overs
i have two questions, one regarding libya. one is regarding libya. the al qaeda attacks on the guy that made the film in california? regarding the foreign policy issue, do you think that president obama has more of a high-tech idea of our military in the future rather than the boots on the ground type of military we have seen in the past where we put our boys in harm's way? guest: those are good questions. it is unclear what happens in libya. we know there was a demonstration at the consulate...
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consulate in libya there are important divisions between the united states and libya on the investigation of what exactly happened at the consulate and the safe house. yeah you heard that right a safe house but there's a very big difference between an embassy or consulate and especially a safe house if you do a quick check on line a safe house refers to quote a house or apartment used as a hiding place or secure refuge by members of an organization such as a secret service agency or in underground terrorist group here's an interesting and puzzling detail if you take a look at the u.s. state department's website which we did it provides a list of all u.s. embassies consulates and diplomatic missions strangely not listed the diplomatic mission in benghazi but a quick search on the same site will turn up numerous other diplomatic missions the u.s. is taking part in so what does this say about the coverage of libya and to the mainstream media missed some important details for this and more i was joined by georgetown university professor christopher chambers. you have to understand the many le
consulate in libya there are important divisions between the united states and libya on the investigation of what exactly happened at the consulate and the safe house. yeah you heard that right a safe house but there's a very big difference between an embassy or consulate and especially a safe house if you do a quick check on line a safe house refers to quote a house or apartment used as a hiding place or secure refuge by members of an organization such as a secret service agency or in...
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but people knew that libya was a terrorist center. almost all of our facilities is secured by marine guards. it would be strange marine guards guarding bahamas but not in tripoli. >> so why did the administration go to the story. it was all about the video reaction in the muslim world -- let's face it an obscure youtube video that nobody knew about until after the riot started? >> i think the key question. i don't know why they went to that narrative. what is interesting the secretary of state hillary clinton stepped off that narrative herself. when she was at the united nations, also said that they knew that al-qaeda had been active in the arabian peninsula. it seems to me that the secretary of state is distancing herself from the white house was saying because if it comes out later in an investigation that the white house or ambassador rice was withholding information about what happened when they knew it there is going to be a problem for this administration. >> paul: just to be clear here. ambassador rice reports to hillary clinto
but people knew that libya was a terrorist center. almost all of our facilities is secured by marine guards. it would be strange marine guards guarding bahamas but not in tripoli. >> so why did the administration go to the story. it was all about the video reaction in the muslim world -- let's face it an obscure youtube video that nobody knew about until after the riot started? >> i think the key question. i don't know why they went to that narrative. what is interesting the...
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was trying to promote a new libya, and libya has the resources to get there. they have the desire to get there. but obviously they have elements within their country that want to bring libya in a different path, and the united states has to be a force for good and maintaining it's relationship with this nation's democratic government. it's good for the united states. it's good for the region. >> eliot: these delicate balances the high wire acts you're describing, how is it effected by comments by mitt romney who wants to will be his campaign, and i'll let the comments speak for themselves. >> we all know that first reports could be wrong. what we thought we knew this morning we're less certain of tonight. now you've been in political campaigns. the impulses are great. the juices are flowing. they want to get involved in everything. i wish he would have said, today is not the day. i'll call a time out today. >> eliot: and clearly the president did not hold his own fire in pushing back at romney saying, you know what, campaigns should stop at the border. >> but
was trying to promote a new libya, and libya has the resources to get there. they have the desire to get there. but obviously they have elements within their country that want to bring libya in a different path, and the united states has to be a force for good and maintaining it's relationship with this nation's democratic government. it's good for the united states. it's good for the region. >> eliot: these delicate balances the high wire acts you're describing, how is it effected by...
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he's been on both sides of the original intervention in libya. his advisers are all over the map on what we should do in syria. we wants to sanction china his first day in office except when he wrote his book he said he was completely opposed to trade sanctions with china. so i can't tell you what he would do. >> one of the things he's been specific on, though, jamgs es, is this apology tour argument. that obama's gone around apologizing. that's not true. what is that attack about? what is the genesis of it in republican foreign policy circles? >> it clearly forms, was formed by romney years ago, because he called his book -- >> "no apology." >> "no apology." it's an old traupe that they charge republicans for being weak on national security. it doesn't seem to work or fit that well this time. let me say this about apology ies. it's important. first of all, no one can find in the record any formal apology by obama for anything. second of all, if we're talking about a loose expression of contrition or regret, you know, george w. bush apologized to
he's been on both sides of the original intervention in libya. his advisers are all over the map on what we should do in syria. we wants to sanction china his first day in office except when he wrote his book he said he was completely opposed to trade sanctions with china. so i can't tell you what he would do. >> one of the things he's been specific on, though, jamgs es, is this apology tour argument. that obama's gone around apologizing. that's not true. what is that attack about? what...
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now to libya. the new government firing the security chiefs pour benghazi today in the wake of last week's attacks on the u.s. consulate there that killed ambassador chris stevens and they're other americans. they have two different versions of that attack. >> the way these perpetrators acted and moved, this leaves us with no doubt that this was preplanned. >> what happened in benghazi was, in fact, initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hours before in cairo. >> we're live from benghazi, libya. an fbi investigation now under way there. why the two versions? what are you hearing on that? >> reporter: well, they're talking about two different parts of process. on the libyan side of things, they look it from the point of the attack very deliberately in the ways the weapons were used and ammunitions were used. they were evacuated to a safehouse, and the armed gunman proceeded to follow the americans to that safehouse and continue attacking that second location, which was at a ver
now to libya. the new government firing the security chiefs pour benghazi today in the wake of last week's attacks on the u.s. consulate there that killed ambassador chris stevens and they're other americans. they have two different versions of that attack. >> the way these perpetrators acted and moved, this leaves us with no doubt that this was preplanned. >> what happened in benghazi was, in fact, initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hours before in cairo....
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but you look at libya today, i mean, we were instrumental in getting rid of that regime. we were instrumental in getting rid of that regime in egypt. i think the much more important question is why do they hate each other so much? why do do so many people try to climb into power there against the other? that's reay the question we have to ask them. what my column today was about was how much sort of just hate speech you have in their media directed against shiites, directed against arab christians forget the jews, against sufis. this is not just about us at all. where does that come from? >> rose: has the arab spring lost its momentum? and is in the danger of being hijacked? >> you know, my view was always always this is going to take a long time and we're in-- we're not even at the end of the beginning. this is ju gng to-- this is a 50-year hole that's been dug in that part of the world. and... >> rose: modernity, women-- >> everything. and so it's quite and a half natural that the islamists were going to have the first crack at this because they were the most organized
but you look at libya today, i mean, we were instrumental in getting rid of that regime. we were instrumental in getting rid of that regime in egypt. i think the much more important question is why do they hate each other so much? why do do so many people try to climb into power there against the other? that's reay the question we have to ask them. what my column today was about was how much sort of just hate speech you have in their media directed against shiites, directed against arab...
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yesterday islamic radicals in libya stormed a u.s. consulate killing ambassador chris stevens and three of his staff members what's the latest on the situation in libya who is responsible for this tragedy and what kind of response should the u.s. take also credit rating company moody's has issued a warning saying that they may downgrade the u.s. his rating if congress doesn't act to cut our debt republicans work with democrats to avert another economic disaster or is a downgrade in our credit inevitable and this week u.s. officials met with officials from eight pacific nations in the latest round of negotiations for the trans-pacific partnership but who else showed up in the negotiations and is there any way for american people to stop this deal from going through. you need to know this the arab spring turned ugly in libya and egypt on tuesday as angry crowds stormed u.s. diplomatic buildings the u.s. ambassador to libya christopher stevens was killed in an attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya along with three other american
yesterday islamic radicals in libya stormed a u.s. consulate killing ambassador chris stevens and three of his staff members what's the latest on the situation in libya who is responsible for this tragedy and what kind of response should the u.s. take also credit rating company moody's has issued a warning saying that they may downgrade the u.s. his rating if congress doesn't act to cut our debt republicans work with democrats to avert another economic disaster or is a downgrade in our credit...
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. >>> lashing out over libya. after hedging for days, the white house is now calling the attack that killed the am an act of terrorism. was politics behind that delay? >>> and what would have happened if al gore had defeated george w. bush in the disputed election of 2000? would 9/11 have happened? would we have plunged into a recession? we're taking a deep dive into a fascinating alternate universe that jeff greenfield wrote about. >>> but we start with the normal course of events. good morning from washington. it is friday, september 21st, 2012. this is "the daily rundown," i'm chuck todd. >>> mitt romney's week started with a plan for new ads and a newly focused message. that plan quick le went out the window. after a hectic week, all the soun and fury boils down to more missed opportunities for the romney campaign. less than seven weeks before election day. republicans are seizing on comments the president made thursday at a spanish language forum on his biggest failure in office. at first the president said i
. >>> lashing out over libya. after hedging for days, the white house is now calling the attack that killed the am an act of terrorism. was politics behind that delay? >>> and what would have happened if al gore had defeated george w. bush in the disputed election of 2000? would 9/11 have happened? would we have plunged into a recession? we're taking a deep dive into a fascinating alternate universe that jeff greenfield wrote about. >>> but we start with the normal...
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libya. track them down, and kill every terrorist involved. >> bill: all right. thanks very much. a reminder the colonel's book a very interesting read. democratic congressman will analyze the murders of the americans last night. dick morris on a bunch of new polling out today. some of it good news for mitt romney. we are coming right back from boston, massachusetts. >> continuing coverage of breaking news on fox news channel. i'm shepard smith in new york. and we're monitoring developments in libya. one day after attackers in benghazi killed the u.s.s. ambassador and three other americans. u.s. officials tell fox news tonight the pentagon is now moving two warships to the libyan coast for what it calls contingency purposes 50 marines heading to tripoli. u.s. lawmakers say killers may have been planning this for some time. >> it was a coordinated military-styled commando-type raid that had both direct fire and indirect fire. military movement involved in it. this was a well-planned, well-targ
libya. track them down, and kill every terrorist involved. >> bill: all right. thanks very much. a reminder the colonel's book a very interesting read. democratic congressman will analyze the murders of the americans last night. dick morris on a bunch of new polling out today. some of it good news for mitt romney. we are coming right back from boston, massachusetts. >> continuing coverage of breaking news on fox news channel. i'm shepard smith in new york. and we're monitoring...
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consulate that killed the american ambassador in libya and three others. he says the attack appears to have been preplanned. u.s. officials though are pushing back on that. ayman mohyeldin is live in benghazi this morning. the investigation, i know all of your sources are indicating premeditation. the white house and the state department and even the intelligence sources on our end here in washington really pushing back hard saying they don't have evidence to back up the libyan claims. what do you hear? >> well, at this particular time it is difficult to marry the two together but what seems to possibly have happened is a hybrid of the two situations. as you mentioned, the libyan officials here on the ground are saying categorically that this was a preplanned attack, meaning were there were elements, foreign elements that came in ex-employed the security vacuum, began putting in motion a scenario where they wanted to attack either the u.s. consulate or other diplomatic facilities or perhaps even target ambassador stevens himself. when that was going to hap
consulate that killed the american ambassador in libya and three others. he says the attack appears to have been preplanned. u.s. officials though are pushing back on that. ayman mohyeldin is live in benghazi this morning. the investigation, i know all of your sources are indicating premeditation. the white house and the state department and even the intelligence sources on our end here in washington really pushing back hard saying they don't have evidence to back up the libyan claims. what do...
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consulate attack in libya. according to our nbc affiliate, glen doherty, a former navy s.e.a.l., is one of those americans killed. he grew up in the town of winchester in massachusetts. of course chris stevens was killed and sean smith, as well. we have not yet gotten the name of the fourth american who was killed. and we'll be right back. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha! like the elephant on my chest... he thought he was having a heart attack. she said, "take an aspirin, we need to go to the hospital." i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor befo
consulate attack in libya. according to our nbc affiliate, glen doherty, a former navy s.e.a.l., is one of those americans killed. he grew up in the town of winchester in massachusetts. of course chris stevens was killed and sean smith, as well. we have not yet gotten the name of the fourth american who was killed. and we'll be right back. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste...
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>>> on our broadcast tonight, days of rage, egypt, libya, now yemen, the protests against the u.s. are spreading. we're live tonight in cairo and tripoli. >>> also tonight, a navy seal who lost his life in the attack on the consulate. >>> and new numbers, and what we're polling, including what the post-convention bounce has done for the president in a critical state at a critical time. >>> your money, a big announcement on the economy, what it could mean for mortgages, with retirement savings and jobs for a lot of americans. >>> and a big moment for the duchess of cambridge, why what she is drinking is getting so much attention. nightly news begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. >>> good evening, tonight, across a huge and uneasy region, where arab spring has long ago faded into something more complicated. today there were anti-u.s. protests in no fewer than 11 separate locations. today, the violence is in cairo where the protesters stormed the u.s. embassy. then the terrible lightning attack on the u.s. consulat
>>> on our broadcast tonight, days of rage, egypt, libya, now yemen, the protests against the u.s. are spreading. we're live tonight in cairo and tripoli. >>> also tonight, a navy seal who lost his life in the attack on the consulate. >>> and new numbers, and what we're polling, including what the post-convention bounce has done for the president in a critical state at a critical time. >>> your money, a big announcement on the economy, what it could mean for...
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consulate in libya. four americans were killed and now after four days of insisting that the attack had nothing to do with anything other than than allege would film that was offensive. on thursday jade scarny said it is it self evident that what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack the president said this on the spanish language net work uni vision. >> what we have seen something that we have seen in the past where there is an offensive video or cartoon directed at prophet mohamed and this is obviously that is used as an excuse by some to carry out inexcusable violent acts directed at westerners or americans. >> now, i have said it before and let me say it again. i am not saying it lightly or sensational. your government lied to you. there is no doubt what so ever that there was intelligence and information that led to the clear conclusion that something brewing. on september 4thlet a. a letter was post indeed the jerusalem post on september 11 itself specifically said something was brewing that
consulate in libya. four americans were killed and now after four days of insisting that the attack had nothing to do with anything other than than allege would film that was offensive. on thursday jade scarny said it is it self evident that what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack the president said this on the spanish language net work uni vision. >> what we have seen something that we have seen in the past where there is an offensive video or cartoon directed at prophet mohamed...
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consulate in libya? why does the official story keep changing, as new anti-american violence erupts in another country? this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening, i'm bret baier. we'll have team coverage of the account of deadly attack on americans in a minute. first, pakistanis took to the street to protest, encouraged by the government. what transpired quickly turned violent and then deadly. across pakistan. at least 19 people died today in the worst anti-american protest going on in half a dozen countries in the region. the total debt count since the protection began stands at 49 now. correspondent leland vittert is watching the developing story from cairo. >> from pakistan to iran, sri lanka to lebanon, iraq to india, american flag and effigies of president obama burned. riot police battled for control of the street. and walls of tear gas protected american embassies around the muslim world from an all-out attack. in bangladesh, protesters carried a flag-grapeed box reading coffin of ob
consulate in libya? why does the official story keep changing, as new anti-american violence erupts in another country? this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening, i'm bret baier. we'll have team coverage of the account of deadly attack on americans in a minute. first, pakistanis took to the street to protest, encouraged by the government. what transpired quickly turned violent and then deadly. across pakistan. at least 19 people died today in the worst...
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embassy in libya last week. pay attention to this one. it connects. one of the donors asked romney about ronald reagan and the iran hostage crisis during the carter administration. some analysts think that the crisis helped reagan beat president carter. so the donor asked romney how he would demonstrate similar strength. here's romney's answer. >> in the jimmy carter election, the fact that we had hostages in -- in iran, i mean, that was all we talked about. and we had the two helicopters crash in the desert. i mean, that's -- that was -- that was the focus. and so him solving that made all the difference in the world. i'm afraid today if you simply got iran to agree to stand down on their nuclear weapons, they'd go, you know hold on. and if something of that nature presents itself, i will work to find a way to take advantage of the opportunity. >> take advantage of an opportunity. mitt romney said that he would take advantage of the opportunity if a foreign crisis came along. on september 11th, 2012, just last week, the opportunity did come along. th
embassy in libya last week. pay attention to this one. it connects. one of the donors asked romney about ronald reagan and the iran hostage crisis during the carter administration. some analysts think that the crisis helped reagan beat president carter. so the donor asked romney how he would demonstrate similar strength. here's romney's answer. >> in the jimmy carter election, the fact that we had hostages in -- in iran, i mean, that was all we talked about. and we had the two helicopters...
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he cared about libya. he was committed to libya. and what are the republicans doing? all they can do is see the politics in this. they can't see how are we going to make sure that libya continues down the road to democracy and that those 30,000 libyans who stormed the militia headquarters and stole the weapons, are backed up over the next days in efforts that will help them make libya the libya we all want it to be. that's the question here. but all the republicans can do or see is politics. >> speaking of -- >> all they can see is exploiting it. >> i know you don't have much more time. i don't want to interrupt you. but speaking of politics, mitt romney has accused the president of throwing israel under the bus. now we've seen a very different timeline from israel and the united states from netanyahu. netanyahu says within months iran will have gone beyond the point of no return. american intelligence believes there's more time. where do we stand now with israel and is mitt romney -- >> we stand -- >> that the president has thrown israel under the bus? >> well, first
he cared about libya. he was committed to libya. and what are the republicans doing? all they can do is see the politics in this. they can't see how are we going to make sure that libya continues down the road to democracy and that those 30,000 libyans who stormed the militia headquarters and stole the weapons, are backed up over the next days in efforts that will help them make libya the libya we all want it to be. that's the question here. but all the republicans can do or see is politics....
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investigation into the attack on our consulate in benghazi, libya? >> yes, mr. chairman. as director olsen noted we have an open investigation at this time. we have significant number of f.b.i. agents, analysts, and very supportive employees assigned to this matter. we are conducting interviews, gathering evidence, and trying to sort out the facts working with our partners, both from a criminal standpoint as well as in the intelligence community to try to determine exactly what took place on the ground that evening. >> secretary napolitano, let me go to you and mr. perkins, if you want to add, i know that last thursday the department of homeland security and the f.b.i. released a bulletin indicating that this film was the apparent catalyst for these protests and that that fact could increase the risk of violence here in the united states and could motivate homegrown violent extremists, certainly with their recruitment efforts and perhaps with actions. i wonder if in this setting you could comment on the state of your concern about that and what steps d.h.s. and the f.b.i.
investigation into the attack on our consulate in benghazi, libya? >> yes, mr. chairman. as director olsen noted we have an open investigation at this time. we have significant number of f.b.i. agents, analysts, and very supportive employees assigned to this matter. we are conducting interviews, gathering evidence, and trying to sort out the facts working with our partners, both from a criminal standpoint as well as in the intelligence community to try to determine exactly what took place...